manaoiseoir

Irish

Etymology

From manaois (“(act of) dallying, toying”) +‎ -óir (agent suffix).

Noun

manaoiseoir m (genitive singular manaoiseora, nominative plural manaoiseoirí)

1. shilly-shallier

Declension

Declension of manaoiseoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative manaoiseoir manaoiseoirí vocative a mhanaoiseoir a mhanaoiseoirí genitive manaoiseora manaoiseoirí dative manaoiseoir manaoiseoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an manaoiseoir na manaoiseoirí genitive an mhanaoiseora na manaoiseoirí dative leis an manaoiseoir don mhanaoiseoir leis na manaoiseoirí

Related terms

• manaoiseach (“dallying, shilly-shallying”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of manaoiseoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
manaoiseoir	mhanaoiseoir	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “manaoiseoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN